The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-08-05

-Elwood Cooper is the largest olive raiser
in the Unitsd States. His olive farm in
SoHthern California comprises GOO acres.
Buffalo Bill and his troop OF red-Inen
went to church in London the other day with
all their war paint on. It was fun. appar-
emily. for the Indians, but some OF the chill
dren of the congregation thought that their
hour had come aud yelled accordingly.
during a quarrel between John Damar
residing at No 2233 Fisher street PhiIadel-
phia ard his wife. Bridget on Tuesday
evening, the latter was so severely beaten
over the head with o cane that sne died
shortly afterwards. Delmar was arrested,
and Richard Peters who was present was
also locked mp as witness. Delmar is 63
years of age
Mrs Rose Terry Cooke says that if
American Women wish to be healthy they
must learn to live in fresh air. She advises
them to open their windows wear flannel
nightgowns, and take jug of hot water to
bed If they be cold, but never to sleep with
closed windows, air their clothes and their
rooms daily, Eat simply wholesome food
wear boneless waists and button their skirts
on them. and take the heels off their boots.
Two young men named Robinson and
Bramley, sill in their teens, were arrested
at Sequin, Texas last week on a charge of
robbery. On Tuesday Bramley turned
States evidence aud confessed that he, Rob.
insOn. and a man named Henry, belonged TO
baud OF robbers, which rendezvoused in a
We Ia hat daU Ia II
May while at the cave Robinson shot Henry.
who was captain of the band, through the
head, killing him Instantly, and be helped
Robinson to conceal the body in the cave
BramlPy conducted the officers TO the cave
aud they found the body, as represented
and various relics marauding expeditions
Robinson is about seventeen years old, and
in explanation of the deed, ne Says he wan
ted to rival the record of Jesse James.
Al Higgins Lake, r oscommOn county
Mich, on Friday last, Mrs. Charles III
Petit and her little daughter, aged three
years, were boating, when the child fell intC
the water. The mother. in her anxiety and
fright, upset the boat, and as they were
alone, the chances were they would both be
drowned. Such would have been the cast
Lad not heir horse, an intelligent FIencf
pony. which had been turned loose to graZt
on the shore of the lake. come to tbeIr rescue
1t swan cut to them. and when they had
taken secure hold OF it, name, struggled bach
to shore, tired. but heroic pony. TIE
animal is Inclined To be balky, and he never
would pull anything but light load, but be
is prime favoTjte low.
Mary Gross, a coiored woman wbC
claimed to be 116 years old, died at the aims.
house at West Chester on Thursday OF
last week. She had been in the institution
about two months. She was formerly a
slave. but for many years lived in New
Garden township. Old residents in thai
locality remember her when they were
children and then she was considered to be
an old woman. She at one time lived in
Wilmington, Del, in the family of the
TateDs. She was quite intelligent and re-
taiupd her mental faculties 10 the last She
claiEHd to have had a vivid recollection of
the Revolutionary war and was able to
recite numerous incidents concerning the
struggle for independence. She never
nursed OF kissed Washington nor served in
his family.
The official report of the Russian army,
lately published, contains the following
particulars On the 1st of January, 1886
there were S24 762 men, including s, 600 VOL
unteers, in the active army. The reserve
amounted TO l 600, ,Sl5 in addition, thus
making a total of 2. .425, ,577 soldiers whom
Russia could bring into the field at need
In Germany the maximum of the regular
nj ha 7 a l.,
puted at l. 500 900 men. Moreover, Russia
has at its disposal 2, 100000 militia liable TO
be called upon at any time OF war TO recruit
the ranks of The regular army. The num-
ber OF young men annually Liable to the
conscription is So, 900, of whom about half
exempted by lot. If the term OF service
were reduced from five to three years the
State would in a short time be able to have
4,OOO,0 600 regular troops without having re-
course to the militia res rves.
REV. Mother Superior NJ. B. Lynch died
at the UrsaLne Convent, Columbia, s. c.. on
last Friday night. She was the first Mother
Superior Of Ursuiine nuns in the South, hav-
ing become nun in Cincinnati in IS47, and
femained in the mother house there for
years, being an inmate there at the time of
the attack upon It by a mob, about 1852
She returned 10 South Carolina, of which
State she-wa native, in 1859, and became
Mother Superior of the Ursuiine Convent
at Vale CrusiS, near Columbia, the first Of
the KIDD IN the South, and for 80 years had
performed the responsible duties of the pos
rionr and won bigh esteem and regard In
1860. "hen SneTman burned Columbia, she
saved the Preston mansion, afterward the
residence of unsavUry Governor Moses. from
destruction. ard it was given the nuns by
Sherman. Afterward they returned it to its
owner, and was lately purchased for a con-
vent, and the Mother superior and her nuns
had occupied II nut little more than n fort
night when the Reverend Mothers drart
occurred